Past Events

We offer all sorts of wildlife walks, talks, craft or nestbox workshops and lots more! See below for events that have already taken place – or please visit our Events Diary for details of planned dates.

Tues 31st JULY 2018 – 11am Join us for coffee and cake to celebrate our 30th birthday! Meet the staff and learn a little about the work of the Trust. If the weather is good we may walk around our 26 acre nature reserve, the Lennon Legacy Project. Free – Donations welcome Well behaved dogs […]

Thursday 5th JULY 2018 – 2:30pm Join us for a walk around the Lennon Legacy Project land to see the many butterflies (including the beautiful Marbled White) that have benefited from the Barn Owl habitat we have created here. Afterwards enjoy a delicious cream tea in our Meeting Room. Photos of butterfly species found on our 26 […]

Thursday 10th MAY 2018 – 2:30pm Join us for a walk around around the Lennon Legacy Project land to see the spring flowers. Suggested donation per person: £8 (Friends of BOT £5). Refreshments included. Dogs welcome on a lead. Please contact the office to book (essential). ‘Barn Owl Heaven’ – The Lennon Legacy Project (LLP) – is a […]

We are pleased to announce the winners of our ‘Wildlife Words’ Poetry Competition 2017, the details will also be found in the Autumn issue of our bi-annual magazine Feedback which is sent to Friends of the Trust and supporters. Our Open Poetry Competition invited entries for a poem on “Wildlife/Conservation“. All profits from the competition […]

Thursday 19th OCTOBER 2017 – 2:30pm As the year end draws near, join us for the last walk of the season and breathe the Autumn air from the Lennon Legacy Project. See the haven we have created for wildlife, with open grassland and woodland alongside the River Ashburn and then have refreshments in our beautiful Meeting […]

Thursday 7th SEPTEMBER 2017 – 2.30pm Enjoy an afternoon walk in the Lennon Legacy Project and hear how Barn Owl habitat benefits other wildlife from our local experts. We have a wonderful array of native plants and flowers, insects, butterflies, other birds and mammals using the land. Please note that the terrain is steep and uneven in places. Please […]

Calling all Poets! We are delighted to announce our 5th Open Poetry Competition and invite YOU to take part. The subject is Wildlife or Wildlife Conservation. See your work in print! We hope to produce Volume 5 of our popular ‘Wildlife Words’ anthology this autumn with some of the entries submitted. There will be a First, Second and Third […]

First prize-winner Grand Draw Margaret, a long-time supporter of the Trust, was delighted to collect her prize and brought her friend, Pamela, to share her ‘Day with the Conservation Team’. Margaret said: “I have never won a prize on a raffle before so I was over the moon when I found out I had won. I love all […]

Entries for the competition are now CLOSED. Winners will be announced on the Barn Owl Trust website in March, 2017. The Barn Owl Mini-Film Awards run from 1st May 2016 and will close on 16th December 2016. If you are interested in entering: Make a short film – the theme is the Barn Owl – the objective is […]

Last night the Barn Owl Trust held its first evening Bat Walk event. It was attended by 5 lucky people plus Devon Consultant Ecologist and bat expert Louise Woolley. The weather couldn’t have been much better with a warm day followed by a clear still night and an almost full moon. The evening started with tea and […]